The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-04
THURSDAY. AUGUST 4 1857.


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The Ohio republican convention
which met at Toledo last last week en-
dOrsed John Sherman for President.
1t is now in order for the republicans
of each state to present a candidate Of
their own. Sherman has long been
mentioned as possible candidate, but
he will not he nominated. Blaine is
still strong but he will not be nomi
mated. This time the republicans will
look for newer man than Blaine and
stronger man than Sherman. The
new Labor Party is growing at a rate
to alarm both the old parties. and a
"solid south" still confrorts a ''divided
north"
There are troublous times ahead for
the politicians and the old parties.
There are gigantic wrongs to right
which the old parties are afraid to grap-
pie, and the mighty ground.swell of a
new party is moving.
We are informed that at the editor.
ial association meeting in Anoka. E.
V. Smalley Of the Northwest Maya
zine, responded to the toast 1.-The
Country Press" and scored his bucolic
brethren worse than the Flour City
ball team is scored in the Northwestern
League, visiting upon them his witl,er-
ing anathemaS for using patents and
plates.-Dulutl Photographer.
What ought to pain the country edit
or is that ut nearly all the editorial
gatherings the city editor is put for
ward to do the talking for the country
elitor. The big toads in the puddle
are the city editors who take charge of
their "greeny" brethren from the conn.,
try and show them around. and tell
the communities visited what n useful
gang Of fellows these country editors
are. and what i big thing the press is.
If Mr.. Smalley ever published Il coun-
try paper we have not heard Of it.
Whether they desire it or whether
they do not, it comes all the same. The
Democratic Herald, published at Pitts
field, Illinois. says there is great excite
ment in Calhoun county caused by the
loud and unexpainab!e spiritual mani
festations 1T the house of WIN Bailey.
The paper says: 1.-The family is one of
the most respectable in the county and
feel greatly annoyed hy til Sc visita-
tions.' Alas for them! Now they
must lose caste with their Piarisee
neighb"rs. 1t will lie il fall for them
but they will fall upward into the
truth.
W. ). Rowley, of Cleveland, Ohio,
recently developed into u telegraphic
medium, (that is, receiving teIegraphic
messages p"rporting to be from the
spirit worldly says he Twas a strict
member Of the NJ. E. church and very
bitterly opposed to Spiritualism when
this mysterious rapping came" Who
ever is needed or wanted will have to
come, it seems.
Cl:ANkS AND SUCH
Mr.. Tribune, you must quit publish
ing such things. You will he called a
crank" if you persist We have been
enjoying Il monopoly of the ''crank"
business in this glorious northwest and
we are jealous of the name. - Worth
ington Advance.
We have been called that for some
time, Bro. Miller, together with all the
other names that the Luverne Herald
and other smart alecks have been ap-
plying to you. But we rather enjoy
them, for it shows that we are not idle
and are waking up the old fossils.
There are many men who seem to
think everybody else are fools" and
''idiots" if they do not do and think
just as they think they should. For
one we think and do as we please re.
gardless of the jeers and slurs of those
who seem to think they alone are the
all wise. Sibley has more of this class
than any town we ever knew. Every
town has its share, however. It is said
the Lord never made anything in vain.
II he or any one else can tell what
good such beings are, the one furnish.
ing the information will confer last
ing favor on the newspaper fraternity.
-Sibley Tribune.
They were probably made to act as
brakes to the train of progress, and as
such may he useful. But they always
imagine and insist that they are the
steam engine. Nothing can convince
them that they are not running the
train. Some of this class are willing
to be mere passengers, but they always
insist on riding backwa and never
sec a tree or q town till they have
passed it. If we ''crank" editors who
face to the front, see ahead and tel
them what is in sight they quietly
sneer and call us "cranks'' and ''luna'
TICS" After all, the fogy may be q
necessary part of the great social sys
TEN.
Mr.. Powderly, of the Knights of La
Dor, made a hit when he recommended
that the land question be discussed al
all the picnics of the knights held OF
rhe 4th of July. A mint of informa
tion was brought out and great inter
est excited.
A. b. Funk, of the Spirit Lake Bea
con, seems to be in the lead III the Sen
atorial race in the Forty second Sena
tOrial District.-Sheldon Mail.
We hope .'Abe'' will win. We lik'
to see faithful editor rewarded occa
sionally il he likes that kind of reward
We have interviewed large numbe
Of farmers lately and without one ex
lnonti0n tlav aav fhov novor had hoffQ